(urth) Sev's family tree

[Son of Witz]

On Jan 27, 2011, at 2:34 PM, "Gerry Quinn" <gerryq at indigo.ie> wrote:

> At the very beginning, maybe?  He descends into Gyoll, and finds (perhaps) death and new life.
> 

I'll buy that for a dollar!


>  
> From: Son of Witz
> 
> The vertical metaphor isn't a crucial part, in fact, it probably doesn't fit at all, considering that I meant that as a ranking of enemies.  I think the essence of the descent in this sequence is the symbolic time travel to the low point of civilization, where he finds a sort of family.
> 
> In some of Severian's other descents, he finds something of lasting worth.
> In the 4th level Oubliette tunnels, he comes to the atrium, and finds his love, who seems timeless to him.  In the Library of Nessus, he finds the brown book, which is probably his most prized possesion. This book has a real transcending worth in that the retold stories preserves something of the lost past, apart from Severian's memory and memoir.
> 
> It MIGHT be said that when he descends into the Trial with the sorcerors, he finds a commitment to another. He could have left little Severian captive. Of course, he is also after his sword, which later he understands why he was destined to carry this gargantuan sword across Urth- to fight the Giant.      
> 
>     Just brainstorming though, not sure how strong that is. What other descents are there? The landing on Yesod and the landing upon return to Urth?  The mines of Saltus.  Not sure if that fits. The House Absolute and Antechamber...  
> _______________________________________________
> Urth Mailing List
> To post, write urth at urth.net
> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.urth.net/pipermail/urth-urth.net/attachments/20110127/4e0da03e/attachment-0004.htm>